ESL Music Ideas - Are You Gonna Go My Way?

Are You Gonna Go My Way was Lenny Kravitz's first big hit. 

It is a great song to teach English slang. The main line of the song uses "gonna", an informal way to say going to. 

This song can help you in a class about slang or informal speaking. In general, it's a great song, and a fun one for an ESL class.

Here is a cloze exercise for the song.

Lenny Kravitz
Are You Gonna Go My Way?

I was born long _____________________
I am the chosen, I'm the one
I have come to save the day
And I won't leave until I'm ___________________
So that's why we've got to try
We've got to breathe and have some fun
Though I'm not paid I play this game
And I won't stop until I'm done
(But what I really want to know is)
Are you gonna go my way
(Please baby) and I got to (please) got to know (I got to know) yeah

I don't know why we always ____________________
This we must leave and get undone
We must ____________________ and rearrange
And turn this planet back to one
So tell me why we got to die
And kill each other one by one
We've got to hug and rub-a-dub
We've got to ______________________- and be in love
(But what I really wanna know is)
Are you gonna go my way
(Please baby) and I got to, got to know (I got to know)

Are you gonna go my way
'Cause baby I got to know, yeah